AsiaObscura http://asiaobscura.com Fri, 18 May 2012 01:26:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Rotting Mongolian Ankle Bones http://asiaobscura.com/2012/05/rotting-mongolian-ankle-bones.html http://asiaobscura.com/2012/05/rotting-mongolian-ankle-bones.html#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 01:26:20 +0000 Dean Pickles http://asiaobscura.com/?p=4887 To be used as dice or fortune tellers. Your pick. But they were white when I bought them. But shouldn’t they come in a set of five? (I’m worried Chop may have gotten to one.) Related posts: Awesome Mongolian Pop … Read More » Related posts:
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]]> http://asiaobscura.com/2012/05/asiaobscura-is-moving-to-india.html/feed 0 A Brief Aside on Dr Rajkumar, the James Bond of Southern India http://asiaobscura.com/2012/05/dr-rajkumar-the-original-indian-kraftwerk-fan.html http://asiaobscura.com/2012/05/dr-rajkumar-the-original-indian-kraftwerk-fan.html#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 17:46:53 +0000 Dean Pickles http://asiaobscura.com/?p=4867 Read More » Related posts:
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]]> http://asiaobscura.com/2012/05/dr-rajkumar-the-original-indian-kraftwerk-fan.html/feed 0 Disgusting, Deranged, and Totally Brilliant http://asiaobscura.com/2012/05/disgusting-deranged-and-totally-brilliant.html http://asiaobscura.com/2012/05/disgusting-deranged-and-totally-brilliant.html#comments Sat, 05 May 2012 06:53:23 +0000 Dean Pickles http://asiaobscura.com/?p=4847 deemer-bloodI’m not a great filmmaker. Or a famous one. If I was, I wouldn’t have ended up drenched in a 3AM rainstorm of the roof of a dilapidated McDonalds, bailing out the small lake of water forming around my sneakers. … Read More » Related posts:
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]]> http://asiaobscura.com/2012/05/disgusting-deranged-and-totally-brilliant.html/feed 1 Badminton Theme Restaurant http://asiaobscura.com/2012/04/badminton-theme-restaurant.html http://asiaobscura.com/2012/04/badminton-theme-restaurant.html#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 02:17:41 +0000 Dean Pickles http://asiaobscura.com/?p=4842 The Professor just cycled by this brand spanking new Wangjing eatery. “Shuttlecock shaped plates?” he offered. “Badminton-racket-strained spaghetti?” As long as they allow hairpin net shots, I’m in! Related posts: Dismember Live Seafood in a Chinese Restaurant How could you … Read More » Related posts:
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]]> http://asiaobscura.com/2012/04/private-pickles-steamed-meat-balls.html/feed 2 “When You Need More Bloodspray….” http://asiaobscura.com/2012/04/when-you-need-more-bloodspray.html http://asiaobscura.com/2012/04/when-you-need-more-bloodspray.html#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:23:32 +0000 Dean Pickles http://asiaobscura.com/?p=4761 poultrygeist1We needed squibs. I didn’t exactly know what they were, or how they worked, but they’re little charges that explode under an actor’s shirt, so it looks like they’ve just been shot. Just like in Die Hard or Bad Boys … Read More »]]> http://asiaobscura.com/2012/04/when-you-need-more-bloodspray.html/feed 0 Castration Classes at the Beijing Eunuch Culture Exhibition Hall http://asiaobscura.com/2012/04/castration-classes-at-the-beijing-eunuch-culture-exhibition-hall.html http://asiaobscura.com/2012/04/castration-classes-at-the-beijing-eunuch-culture-exhibition-hall.html#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:24:38 +0000 Dean Pickles http://asiaobscura.com/?p=4800 eunuch12The first time I ever met The Professor, he told me about the eunuch museum. He didn’t say much. Just that there was one. In West Beijing. “You really should go,” he said. “It’s… well, it’s interesting.” He adjusted his … Read More » Related posts:
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